Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Finally , certain vulnerable groups were most affected by these changes , notably black families living in inner city deprived areas . |
| 3 | The cases were compared with 1800 control infants , who were randomly selected from all births in the study regions , except home births ( less than 1% ) . |
| 4 | Altogether 1800 control infants were randomly selected from all births in the study regions . |
| 5 | And both McGahern and Dermot Bolger were highly praised from these quarters . ’ |
| 6 | A change of identity was also mooted in view of the fact that in BR livery the numbers and names were merely painted on these locomotives . |
| 7 | You were better fed at some firms or others . |
| 8 | Thus I was only too aware that the realities of psychic phenomena were somewhat exaggerated by these treatments . |
| 9 | Symptom scores were normally distributed for both sexes around a mean of 2.20 for men and 2.39 for women . |
| 10 | Such schemes were generally directed at all employees , manual , white collar , and managerial , although the percentage of each section attending such courses is unclear . |
| 11 | Collection was not always successful and thus samples were not obtained from all subjects at all stages of the trials . |
| 12 | For John Simon , it was ‘ so puny a play that if it were not extended in all directions by Dustin Hoffman 's life-giving performance , it would barely be discernible to the naked eye . |
| 13 | The social democrats generally were not isolated from these changes . |
| 14 | NOESY distance constraints were not imposed in these cases since they contribute little towards the determination of the dodecamer conformation once the sugar puckers have been fixed . |
| 15 | Investors were not told of these connections before they purchased the shares . |
| 16 | Interpretations were not offered by these priests — rather , the dreams themselves were thought to be curative . |
| 17 | During the first year of the Civil War the issues of unity and authority were largely resolved in both zones . |
| 18 | The church was once more fully involved in the traditional festive culture of the people , for the old ceremonies associated with Christmas , Easter , Whitsun , Shrovetide , and Maytide were quickly resumed in all parts of the country and proved as popular as ever . |
| 19 | When tumours were present in the oxyntic mucosa of the biopsy specimens taken at the standard sites , counts were always done outside these areas . |
| 20 | Six paratroopers accused of running amok in the mainly republican town of Coalisland , Co Tyrone , after an IRA bomb badly injured a colleague were yesterday cleared of all charges . |
| 21 | The early chapters of Genesis were once regarded by some Christians as an embarrassment . |
| 22 | The Commission reported that although 9.3 per cent of all seventeen-year-olds ( boys and girls ) were in independent schools of all kinds , boys from boarding Public Schools were statistically overrepresented in many careers : 49.3 per cent among the heads of colleges and professors at Oxford and Cambridge , 42 per cent in the Labour Cabinet of the day and 90.9 per cent in its Conservative predecessor ( things are no different now ) , 75 per cent among Church of England bishops , 79.2 per cent among judges and QCs , and 43 per cent among successful applicants to the Administrative Civil Service ( in the years l963–7 ) . |
| 23 | These pressures were intensified by the introduction of yet more restrictive policies : monetary conditions were further tightened in most economies in the spring of 1974 . |
| 24 | Medicinal properties , whether real or supposed , were gradually attributed to these substances . |
| 25 | In those days , horses were still used on many farms for ploughing and I soon found myself staggering red-faced up a furrow , furiously gripping the wooden handles , astonished at the power of the mighty beasts plodding sombrely ahead . |
| 26 | Although an agreement was thought likely to be ready in March , major concessions were still required from all sides and many disagreements remained , particularly over rules of origin . |
| 27 | Public Schools and grammar schools provided , or sought to provide , the same curriculum : it was traditional , and innovations ( like science , modern languages , or geography ) were stoutly resisted over many years . |
| 28 | In the end we were both arrested for several crimes . |
| 29 | First , press advertisements were traditionally used for all levels of appointments . |
| 30 | Workers were also questioned about such issues as whether they could design and plan important parts of their work , decide on day-to-day tasks , and decide the amount and pace of their work . |